There is a name for it and ideas to get on the path to curb the problem.ĭr. Otto may not alone in the way he behaves, and if your furry friend has been doing the same, take heart. (Our cat, Silver only begs during breakfast, when he thinks there might be some leftover milk sent his way!) I should note that there is a condition called acute stress hyperglycemia, and the study isn’t clear on whether or not the cat has high blood sugar chronically or if it in this case was induced by a stressor.īegging from the table was another characteristic that Otto exhibited, which is something that we associate with dogs more commonly. Otto was found to have a clean bill of physical health by clinicians save for hyperglycemia. The cat, reportedly an 8-month-old Siamese named Otto, exhibited “food-related aggressiveness” (taking food from other cat’s bowls, which, in my experience, isn’t that unusual) and “context-specific excessive appetite” (jumping on the table to get at their human’s plate during meals). In the Journal of Veterinary Behavior, a group of veterinary researchers detailed a bit of one young cat’s behavior tendencies, and some of you might be quietly witnessing these same behaviors. I’ve written about common problems, like introducing a new cat into the household and excessive grooming in felines, but a report that was recently published highlights a very interesting, yet distressing behavior in some cats. The behavioral issues of cats are not something that we who spend much of our time in the "animal world" talk a whole lot about, and for good reason: We don’t understand cats as well as we do dogs.
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